today‚ a college degree and education is no longer considered an option for further education‚ but rather a necessity for a supposedly a superior job. College is investment of funds and time. College causes student loan debt and many college graduates become employed in professions that do not require a degree. In the 1980’s‚ bachelor’s degrees earnings and the earnings of high school graduates were nearly equivalent‚ likely causing the pressure families put on their children to go to college. According
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Thirty seven college students at DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus were surveyed in reason to find whether a college student that works during the academic year becomes stressed out compared to a college student who doesn’t hold a job. The surveys collected were entered in SPSS to determine my results. I found that students who experienced some form of anxiety had no effect to their grade point average. I could not find any significant difference between college students with jobs compared
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Kevin T. Ellis English 155/Ms. Quinn 26 March 2013 Essay Should Colleges Accept Senior Citizen Student Imagine sitting next to someone’s father or grandmother in a classroom‚ at first it may feel awkward having a senior age classmate. Later you find they are just well on their subjects both in the classroom and online‚ and might be someone to consider as a study buddy on a class project. Keep in mind to those older Americans returning to school‚ the world of the classrooms‚ can seem both foreign
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The Effects of Pressure on Students to get Good Grades Introduction: Living in a society like the one we are living today‚ can be very challenging for students. As the world gets more competitive‚ students are getting more pressured to achieve their goals in life. Pressure have become one of the known factors to affect a student’s life. Anyone who passed through this stage has felt the same way. Getting good grades has become one of the goals students today are aspiring for. It has been perceived
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First‚ in general‚ to students’ perspectives‚ they do not aware of a minority group of students called homeless students because they often view homeless as irresponsibility‚ alcoholism and addict. As a definition of Quinton D. Geis‚ a student from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Exploring the Academic and Social Experiences of Homeless College Students‚ 13)‚ homelessness could be students are living on the street‚ living in a car‚ or may be “couch surfing‚” spending a short amount of time at various
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behind it? Are students being lazy or possibly scared of failing? Or‚ could it simply be that they desire more free time to indulge in the socially enjoyable aspects of college where hours of research and writing doesn ’t exactly fit into some students “schedules”. All of these are reasons are for academic dishonesty but none of them are right. Academic dishonesty has come a long way over the years‚ with the widespread accessibility of the Internet and electronic devices‚ students today have more
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in a significant amount of students. According to Suicide.org‚ “Approximately 20 percent of teens experience depression or another mental illness before they reach adulthood”(3). As a result‚ the effort to preserve mental health has been diminishing. When it comes to a student’s education and future‚ their mental health should not be overlooked.
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“JROTC Helps Me Deal With Peer Pressure” Peer pressure comes in many different forms. There is smoking‚ drinking‚ and the pressure to be as thin as the celebrities on television and magazines. Peer pressure can make a person do things that normally they would never do. How are you supposed to deal with it when for most people it’s everywhere around them? My solution was JROTC‚ or Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. JROTC helps you deal with these things by building your self-esteem‚ you set a
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We know that stress – over a prolonged period of time – can have increase certain health risks‚‚ to say nothing of the wear and tear that happens to relationships and general wellbeing.. This simple guide uses materials adapted from several college campuses with active stress reduction programs.. It explores the origins of stress and provides some basic ways to assess the level of stress you may be feeling and then suggests some easy--to--incorporate ways to decrease the level of stress
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Why Students Fail and Reasons for College Student Failure. Some reasons for college student failure may include: • No vision. Some students do not have a clearly articulated picture of the future they intend to create for themselves. Thus‚ they may take programs of study without a clear career goal or objective. In essence‚ they choose the wrong major. • Lack of passion. Successful students work out of passion‚ a love for what they want to do‚ and recognize the importance of the benefit it will
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